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The New Iranian Revolution

Season 2026, Ep. 1.12

Banafsheh Zand, Iranian-American journalist, activist, and Iranian affairs expert, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about her decades of experience challenging the Islamic Republic's regime and what is currently happening in Iran.

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